Workaholic academics need to stop taking pride in their burnout

It is precisely by getting their priorities straight that established academics can, and must, set a better example, say Fleur Jongepier and Mathijs van de Sande

Published on
March 4, 2021
Last updated
March 15, 2021
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Print headline: Workaholism and burnout are nothing to be proud of

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I agree completely with the sentiment of this article. I am not so sure an appeal to the ehtics and morals of established academics will do, though. Unfortunately, the pathological workaholics, bullying sociopaths, hypercompetitive obsessives, and insecure recognition-seekers (not to mention the many citation and publication cliques in their paradigmatic echo-chambers) are the ones who more often than not rise to the top and run the show in the academy. They are the main beneficiaries of the current set-up after all. You are asking the frogs to drain the swamp, to use another metaphor.
"You are asking the frogs to drain the swamp" - Nothing..absolutely nothing sums it up better than the above comment!

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